Rhino 3D Essentials

This fast-moving class covers most of Rhino's functionality, including the most advanced surfacing commands.

Time: 3 Days (9:30am – 4:30pm) Demonstration & Practical Exercises

Syllabus:

Introduction to Rhino

• Brief Introduction
• Get acquainted with the Rhino screen and menus
• Navigate around the Rhino model
• Create 2-D lines, polylines, and NURBS curves
• Modeling setup and mode functions, ortho, grip, snap and planner
• Rhino layering system
• Delete objects

Precision Modelling

• Use coordinates and constraints to model easily and accurately
• Establish the current construction plane
• Draw polygons and ellipses
• Draw free-form curves and compare interpolated
• Control point curves
• Draw with absolute, relative rectangular and polar coordinates
• Distance and angle constraints
• Viewports and construction planes
• Model in 3D space
• Elevator mode
• Rectangle command and its options
• Point selection with object snaps
• Analysis commands, length, distance, angle radius
• Draw circles, arcs, ellipse and polygon curves
• Model free-form curves

More on Curves, Displays and Editing

• Use commands to produce complex and detailed variations on the curves
• Loft and extrude curves into surfaces and solids
• Pan zoom and rest model views
• Edit curves with fillet and chamfer
• Loft and extrude curves
• General editing
• Move, copy, rotate, mirror, scale
• Array polar and rectangular
• Boolean union, difference and intersection
• Offset curves and surfaces
• Trim and split for curves and surfaces
• Extend and extend to surface

Intermediate edit and surfacing, and solids commands

• Learn additional editing commands
• Use commands to build practice models
• Reinforce concepts of model setup and drawing accurate 2D geometry to build precision 3D shapes
• Free – form curves
• Control point editing of curves and surfaces
• Create deformable shapes
• Curve creation through projection
• Split surfaces with curves and surfaces
• Blend between two surfaces
• Create solid primitives and solid text
• Model with pipe and extrude
• Modifying solids with Booleans
• Extrude and loft surfaces
• Revolve curves into surfaces
• Sweep 1 and 2 rail curves
• Surface with network of curves

Models

• Reinforce commands and skills create models. Toy car, Duck, Hammer, Dinosaur
• Alternative models can be created including Aircraft, Boat, Spiral staircase which MUST be agreed prior to the course starting
• Setup toy car model
• Create the Toy Car construction lines with precision
• Build the Toy Car surfaces
• Setup Toy Duck model
• Build the Toy Duck surfaces
• Setup Hammer model
• Create the Hammer construction lines with precision
• Build the Hammer surfaces
• Setup and Dinosaur model
• Sketch over back ground image
• Generate sectional curve
• Build the Dinosaur surfaces